A selection of vintage travel posters will sit alongside British Railway, propaganda and sporting designs in the Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ sale of Vintage Posters on Wednesday 12th February. The famous American illustrator and graphic designer Raymond Ameijide (1924-2000) created the most expensive piece in the sale for Pan Am airline to [Read More]
Monthly Archives: January 2014
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ArtemisGalleryLIVE’s first auction of 2014, on Jan. 24 Ancient, Pre-Columbian & Ethnographic Art, will take bidders on a trip around the world and throughout history, showcasing fine, authentic examples of Classical, Near Eastern, Far Eastern, Pre-Columbian, and Tribal Art. The auction begins with fantastic finds from ancient Egypt, most notably a large [Read More]
The tusks were the top lot of the 1,000+ items offered in an auction that grossed over $1 million (ATLANTA, Ga.) – A pair of exquisitely carved and detailed Chinese antique ivory tusk figures on fitted rectangular bases with scrolled feet sold as one lot for $45,000 at a New Year’s auction [Read More]
Believed to be the largest in the world, a collection of Harp music is to be offered alongside antiquarian books and works on paper in Dreweatts & Bloomsbury Auctions’ first Bibliophile sale of 2014 on Thursday 23rd January. A series of manuscript pieces entitled Romances for the Harp by one of the [Read More]
Bellmans Auctioneers, Wisborough Green, West Sussex is to launch 2014 with the sale of a large and interesting collection of coins. The collection consists of over 200 Roman, late Roman, British and World coins and will be sold on Friday, 24th January from 10am. The collection is particularly strong in late Roman [Read More]
An auction of Russian coins, orders and medals held by Baldwin’s, in association with Dmitry Markov Coins and Medals and M & M Numismatics, on Thursday 9th January realised US$5,364,428. Struck to commemorate the 30th Birthday of Tsar Alexander II’s fourth son Grand Duke Vladimir, an 1876 25 Roubles topped The New [Read More]
An exclusive joint partnership has been announced between Heritage Auctions and RightOfTheDot, LLC to provide live auctioneer and live online auction services for premium domains in new TLD extensions that are being launched over the next several years. Examples of premium domain names that may potentially be for sale via this new [Read More]
The auction was held online and at Mohawk Arms’s gallery in Bouckville, in upstate New York. (BOUCKVILLE, N.Y.) – An Imperial Russian Garde du Corps officer’s helmet, made circa 1900-1917 and in overall excellent condition, with a gilt finish skull and an upswept lobster tail, sold for $17,050 at Mohawk Arms’ Auction [Read More]
70 extremely rare Roman gold coins sold alongside ancient and world coins in New York for a total of $2,661,141 on Wednesday 8th January at The New York Auction XXXII held by Baldwin’s, in association with Dmitry Markov Coins and Medals and M & M Numismatics . Paul Hill, Baldwin’s Ancient coin [Read More]
ConnecticutAuctions.com has launched a new website where auction schedules are presented in a variety of formats. The website features a concise auctions list, a standard monthly calendar grid view and an auctioneer company directory. Featured auctions include real estate foreclosures, storage units, estate / property auctions and vehicle auctions. The primary focus [Read More]
It was the highest grossing auction in Nadeau’s history, totaling an impressive $1.33 million. (WINDSOR, Conn.) – A stunning Anton Horvat platinum, sapphire and diamond brooch having at its center a cushion-cut, 6-carat blue sapphire sailed past the pre-sale estimate of $4,000-$6,000 to gavel for $108,000 at Nadeau’s Auction Gallery’s annual New [Read More]
The three-day event will be held at the Hilton Hotel & Conference Center in West Palm Beach. (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) – Around 1,600 quality lots in a wide range of collecting categories will be sold at the fifth annual Palm Beach Auction slated for Feb. 15-17 by Louis J. Dianni, LLC. [Read More]
Christie’s Education offers collectors and the simply curious two-day immersion courses in advance of Asian Art Week in March and its Magnificent Jewels sale in April. Both courses include classroom and field studies, such as private tours of Chinese art exhibits, including The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s “Ink Art: Past as Present [Read More]
Bonhams will hold an auction of Entertainment Memorabilia in its Los Angeles salesroom, on January 26, featuring many alluring items once belonging to Hollywood’s award-winning elite. Items connected to film legend Katharine Hepburn include her 1990 Kennedy Center Honors (est. $8,000-12,000), her 1982 BAFTA award for On Golden Pond ($3,000-5,000), and a [Read More]
Important Private Cellar with Remarkable Provenance and Brimming with Exciting Rarities Expected to Realize Over $6M Featuring 740 bottles from Domaine de la Romanée-Conti; extensive offerings of Leroy, Rousseau, Leflaive, and verticals of First Growth Bordeaux & Château Pétrus spanning 32 vintages; provenance supported by extensive original receipts from purchases made in [Read More]
The two-day auction event will be held Jan. 17 and 18 at Stevens’ gallery in Aberdeen, Miss. (ABERDEEN, Miss.) – Stevens Auction Company will kick off the New Year in grand style with a big auction event Jan. 17-18, featuring more than 1,000 select and rare antiques from prominent Southern estates, plus [Read More]
Used car values continue to rise in the used car market according to the latest Pulse report from British Car Auctions (BCA) as average values reached a new high in December 2013. With new car sales for December reported by the SMMT today also showing continued growth, BCA’s data reveals that used [Read More]
The only known existing example of a rare Waterman “Three Snakes” Sterling Silver Fountain Pen achieved $37,500 on December 18, leading the Fine Writing Instruments auction at Bonhams New York. The pen, circa 1888-98, features six genuine emerald eyes and is one of the earliest Waterman pens. It sold ahead of its [Read More]